{"cvss":0.0,"datePublished":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-26T00:00:00Z","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: fix oversized RESPONSE authenticator length check\n\nrxgk_verify_response() decodes auth_len from the packet and is supposed\nto verify that it fits in the remaining bytes. The existing check is\ninverted, so oversized RESPONSE authenticators are accepted and passed\nto rxgk_decrypt_skb(), which can later reach skb_to_sgvec() with an\nimpossible length and hit BUG_ON(len).\n\nDecoded from the original latest-net reproduction logs with\nscripts/decode_stacktrace.sh:\n\nRIP: __skb_to_sgvec()\n  [net/core/skbuff.c:5285 (discriminator 1)]\nCall Trace:\n skb_to_sgvec() [net/core/skbuff.c:5305]\n rxgk_decrypt_skb() [net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h:81]\n rxgk_verify_response() [net/rxrpc/rxgk.c:1268]\n rxrpc_process_connection()\n   [net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:266 net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:364\n    net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:386]\n process_one_work() [kernel/workqueue.c:3281]\n worker_thread()\n   [kernel/workqueue.c:3353 kernel/workqueue.c:3440]\n kthread() [kernel/kthread.c:436]\n ret_from_fork() [arch/x86/kernel/process.c:164]\n\nReject authenticator lengths that exceed the remaining packet payload.","dueDate":"","id":"CVE-2026-31635","kev_catalogs":["vulncheck"],"knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Kernel","requiredAction":"Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.","severity":"HIGH","source":"vulncheck_kev","title":"Linux Kernel 'rxgk' Local Privilege Escalation","vendor":"Linux"}